Denis Delahunt is Artistic Director of the company and Phil Herbert is responsible for educational content.
Our team of actors varies, according to their acting commitments on stage, screen and TV and the needs of the productions we are running.
Denis Delahunt was a Head of English in a Kent secondary school, before working as a language consultant with Oxford University Press. He trained in drama and music with the English National Opera and became a full time actor in 1997. Recent Theatre credits include: Boniface, the innkeeper in The Beaux' Stratagem, which he co-directed at the new Courtyard Theatre; "Praed in Mrs Warren's Profession (Courtyard Theatre); Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing (Courtyard Theatre); Father in the opera Black and Blue (BAC/madestrange); Creon and Laius in Oedipus Double Bill (Rosemary Branch) John in Oleanna (Hampton Hill Playhouse). He recently apppeared as Capulet in Romeo and Juliet at the Harlow Playhouse. Film and TV appearances include: Couriers (Kalizma Films); The Killing Zone (7th/12th Collective) and It's a Mystery (Meridian TV).
Phil Herbert was Head of English and Drama at a Medway grammar school, until starting his own English language consultancy in 2001. He has written most of the material for Easy Pieces original drama, and devises the workshop activities. He liaises with schools about the educational goals of our visits. He was taught active Shakespeare techniques by the late Rex Gibson, who pioneered active approaches to teaching Shakespeare, and includes these in our work.
Georgina Carey trained at the Drama Studio London. Theatre credits include: Jan in Bedroom Farce & Sally in Dangerous Obsession at Sheringham Little Theatre; Kate in Breathing Corpses at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, awarded "Best Play 2007" by Venue; Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest (Jermyn Street Theatre); Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Museum, Covent Garden); Ellen in Disappeared by Phyllis Nagy (The Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival); the nurse in Romeo and Juliet and Jaquenetta in Love's Labours Lost (British Touring Shakespeare). Georgie works as an English and Drama tutor as well as being a core member of the Easypieces team. TV and Film credits include: The Bill, Live Episode (Thames TV); Comedy Sketches (Glasshead TV); and various short films.
Napoleon Ryan was born in London. He works as an actor and comedy writer in Film, TV and Theatre. In early 2010 he completed a season in the West End after a six month British tour playing the Fox, Owl and Snake in an adaptation of contemporary classic ‘The Gruffalo’. Previous Shakespeare roles include Edmund, Polonius, Petruchio, Tybalt and
Touchstone. He won acclaim as The Assassin in Sir Tim Rice's 2006 London revival of his medieval musical, ‘Blondel’. He is known for being Ray in a music video for The Hoosiers, called ’Worried about Ray’ that was made to accompany the release of their number 1 album ‘The Trick to Life’ in 2007. In 2008 he was nominated for Channel 4’s ‘4 Talent Best Comedy Performance Award’. ‘The Black Hole’, another film he stars in, won the inaugural Virgin Media Shorts Award in the same year and several other international prizes since. ‘The Napoleon Complex’ a pilot sitcom chat show series was broadcast at the end of 2009. ‘Adventures on the Environmental Journey’, a number of educational films about recycling that he presents, won the Best Audio Visual category at the Green Awards 2009. He writes and shoots his own comedy sketches.
Simon Newbury combines his acting with a career as a portrait painter. He also designs laser arenas. Easy Pieces uses his artistic talents in our plays - he produced the "cave paintings" for the One, Two, Plenty play. His stage roles include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Frederick in The Pirates of Penzance and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus. He has also appeared in TV commercials and corporate training videos.
Debbie Radcliffe was a powerful and frightening Lady Macbeth in our 2006 tour. She continued with the role with New Triad Theatre Company's tour later in the year. The mix of steely determination and suggestive sensuality made it clear to audiences why Macbeth would do her bidding. To see Debbie's roles and skills, please look at her page on Castingcallpro.
Susanna Tidy Susanna trained at the Guildford School of Acting,
graduating in 2003. Theatre credits include Twelfth Night (Rain or Shine Theatre Co), A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Principal Theatre Co), Tom’s Midnight
Garden (No 1 National Tour – Birmingham Stage Co) and The Kemper
Parliament Show (Acquired Taste at Whitehall).
Television credits include Shoot the Writers (ITV), Zoe (Oxford
Television) and Maurice 2074 (Channel 5). Roles while training included Mary Mooney in Once a
Catholic, Sarah in Company and Libby in Tapestry. Susanna has also been composer and musical director for a
number of shows including Marat/Sade (Bellairs Playhouse) and The
Merry Wives of Windsor (Guildford Castle) She has just finished playing Cherry in The Beaux' Stratagem (Centurion Theatre Company).
